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BETTS, John PHILIP & Son Ltd, George, London
BY THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT BETT'S PORTABLE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AND BEST AUTHORITIES LONDON: GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET. LIVERPOOL: CAXTON BUILDINGS AND 49 & 51, SOUTH CASTLE STREET [c.1890]
A 16-inch (40.6cm.) diameter collapsible terrestrial globe, the cartography printed in colours on waxed cloth, the eqatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the Greenwich meridian and equinoctial colure graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac, the continents with nation states variously and attractively shaded (general discolouration and staining, one split to top, two splits to bottom and large hole from fire damage in South Pacific) with black enamelled umbrella-type frame, contained in the original wooden case, the lid and front applied with the trade label reading BETT'S PATEBT PORTABLE GLOBE LONDON: GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET. LIVERPOOL: PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW. 45 & 51, SOUTH CASTLE STREET with brass hook and eye -- 30in. (78.7cm.) long
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BY THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT BETT'S PORTABLE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AND BEST AUTHORITIES LONDON: GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET. LIVERPOOL: CAXTON BUILDINGS AND 49 & 51, SOUTH CASTLE STREET [c.1890]
A 16-inch (40.6cm.) diameter collapsible terrestrial globe, the cartography printed in colours on waxed cloth, the eqatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the Greenwich meridian and equinoctial colure graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac, the continents with nation states variously and attractively shaded (general discolouration and staining, one split to top, two splits to bottom and large hole from fire damage in South Pacific) with black enamelled umbrella-type frame, contained in the original wooden case, the lid and front applied with the trade label reading BETT'S PATEBT PORTABLE GLOBE LONDON: GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET. LIVERPOOL: PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW. 45 & 51, SOUTH CASTLE STREET with brass hook and eye -- 30in. (78.7cm.) long
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